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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Based on a demarcation survey conducted by the Office of Settlement and Land Records, the Department of Tourism, Goa, on Friday, demolished 16 illegal structures for encroachments in Anjuna village  In a bid to create better public spaces for the public and to crack down on illegalities, the Department of Tourism (DOT), Goa, has recently instituted a survey through the Department of Survey, Settlement and Land Records where-in the entire 105 km coastline of Goa is being surveyed to check for illegal encroachments in beach area /Govt property.  As part of the survey, boundaries are being identified…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: University Science and Instrumentation Centre (USIC) under the School of Physical and Applied Sciences (SPAS) Goa University had organized AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy sponsored two weeks Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Imaging Spectroscopy and Machine Learning” under the leadership of, Prof. Harilal B. Menon, Vice Chancellor of Goa University held at Goa University. The FDP was financially supported by ATAL Academy, New Delhi. A total of 45 participants registered for the programme from the Electronics and Computer science background. They comprised faculties, PhD students and postgraduate students from Goa and other states such as Kerala,…

~ NRAI represents the interest of more than 5 lakh member restaurants across India ~ About 50 percent of money spent by tourists in Goa is on food and beverage ~ Restaurants directly or indirectly employ 45 percent of Goa’s population Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa chapter of the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) was formally launched at a resort near Panaji on Thursday with the objective of serving as a platform for advocating fair business policies, providing education and training to sector employees and promoters, to facilitate networking and collaboration, maintaining industry standards and supporting local businesses and…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Minister for Fisheries Nilkanth Halarnkar said that people should come forward to harvesting freshwater fishing through cage culture in a technical way. “People should come forward to harvest freshwater fishing through cage culture in a technical way. We intend to promote freshwater fishing to increase fish production and to fulfil the demand for fish in the State,” said Halarnkar. He further said that stocking fingerlings are the mainstay of reservoir fisheries development, which will facilitate fish production on a sustainable basis. “Auto stocking is not possible and requires a regular stocking programme to use the productive potential of the water body,” he said.…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: The annual procession of Our Lady of Fatima wounds its way after leaving from Guardian Angel church, Curchorem, to Tisk-Sanvordem via Curchorem and Sanvordem market on Thursday evening, where hundreds of devotees carrying lanterns, reciting the Rosary and singing hymns joined it. The large congregation of devotees participated in the procession, which left the church after the Eucharistic celebration concelebrated by Fr. Franco Cardozo and Parish Priest Fr. Vital Miranda was welcomed by people of all faiths at Tisk-Sanvordem where a beautifully decorated pandal was set up. In his homily,at Sanvordem. Fr. Cardozo informed that February 2…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: After the inauguration of the New Zuari bridge, the burden on the Borim bridge has been reduced to a huge extent and given some respite to villagers of Borim facing frequent traffic congestion due to long queues of loaded heavy traffic. The Cortalim cable-stayed bridge was inaugurated on December 29 by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, and since then, has been open for heavy traffic, which was earlier diverted through Borim as the Old Zuari bridge was called weak. According to Borim villagers, more than a decade ago, the Old Zuari bridge was closed to heavy-loaded vehicles, and…